100 Pun de Meicho
| 100 Pun de Meicho | |
|---|---|
| 100分de名著 | |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
100 Pun de Meicho (100分de名著, Literary "An introduction to a masterpiece of literature within 100 minutes") is an NHK's television program in Japan. (2011- )
Concept
The concept of the program is to shed light on a masterpiece of literature from all over the world, from classic to contemporary literature. The program invites an expert as the pundit who is best known for the selected masterpiece, in terms of both of the prominent knowledge of (and research on) the title and the excellence in presentation skills to the broad audiences comprehensibly. The pundit explains the profound world of the title concisely, but insightfully and enjoyable. 100 Pun (100 minutes) means the one title will be explained in 25 minutes per week, in a month (4 weeks × 25 minutes = 100 minutes). In the last week, the program will invite another guest commentator and have discussion sessions with the personalities and the pundit (not all the time).
Broadcast
(2018-)
Monday 22:25 - 22:50
Wednesday 5:30 - 5:55、12:00 - 12:25
Personalities
(2018-)
・Hikaru Ijūin
・Yuriko Shimazu
Narrators
In the program, the renowned professional narrators read the major lines of the work.
List of the narrators (Japanese).
Program
Regular series
| Date | Book Title | Author name | Pundit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/1 | Nanshuo Ikun (teachings of the deceased by an old man in Nanshu) | Saigō Takamori | Akinaka Senzaki |
| 2018/2 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Victor Hugo | Shigeru Kashima |
| 2018/3 | 1) Points and Lines 2) Inspector Imanishi Investigates 3) Unearthing the Shōwa Period 4) Madness of gods |
Seichō Matsumoto | Takeshi Hara |
| 2018/4 | The Lotus Sutra | Masatoshi Ueki |